Morgenster has once again received a top score in the important international Flos Olei guide to the world's best olive oils. Flos Olei 2018 edition gave us 98 points out of a possible 100, the fifth year in a row that we received this score. We are the only South African producer ever to have done so and in the world only 12 producers reached 98% - South Africa 1, Spain 3, Italy 7, Chile 1. We are in good company! This new season's olive oil, which was judged by Flos Olei, is of course the first to be extracted by my new Pieralisi press which I imported and installed at the beginning of the year. It is the only one of its kind in South Africa and one of the first in the world to feature this most advanced technology. I was also pleased to hear that our Morgenster 2001 did very well in Hong Kong at a Christies tasting and the dinner which followed it. The next day our Morgenster 2010 attracted equally positive feedback at the WOSA tasting at a lunch for sommeliers and wine writers at the Hong Kong Four Seasons.

 
Summer time at Morgenster is very enjoyable because the weather is good and friends come to visit us both from South Africa and countries in the north. I do hope you will join us in our tasting room and restaurant to enjoy this beautiful place too.

As we approach Christmas and the year end, from all of us at Morgenster I wish you Buon Natale e felice Anno Nuovo!

Ciao!
Giulio.